The Grand Tour Boys are just normal people after all. And like most normal people they prefer to drive normal and boring cars. Jeremy Clarkson has openly said that he prefers a dull Gray Volkswagen Golf over an orange Ferrari. During their time in North Yorkshire for their Whitby in-tent filming session, Clarkson, Hammond, and May […] More
Buick is an incredibly strange car company. In the United States, they are considered a brand for old people, even more so than Cadillac. In China, Buick is absolutely killing it. Both Caddy and Buick think they need to shed the stereotype that their buyers have one foot in the grave. For Caddy, that it […] More
Tesla is here to stay. It’s why manufacturers, dealers, and the entirety of the industry is attempting to stunt their growth. To think they’re just going to go away or fail randomly is both foolish and ignorant. You don’t have to agree with Tesla’s platforms, but you can’t deny that they are ushering in a […] More
SEMA, as it does every year, gave us some ridiculous concepts and some awesome design elements. One concept brought together the ridiculous and the design into one package. Zero to 60 Design brought their GTT Mustang to SEMA and blew away some people with the combining of a new Mustang with Ford GT visuals. It […] More
What does The Crazy Swede, Samuel Hübinette, do when he goes in for a tire change for his tuned Lamborghini Huracan? He destroys the existing tires right before the scheduled tire change at the local Lamborghini dealership in Newport Beach, of course. His special Huracan comes equipped with a Vorsteiner aero package, custom hydraulic handbrake, and […] More
Here’s your feel good story of the day. If you missed it a few weeks ago, it was reported that a man named Charles Williams had created what can only be described as a dream garage in his own home. His neighbors tried to shut him down. They failed. Williams, a wheelchair bound auto enthusiast, […] More
Audi has been embroiled in the Volkswagen emissions scandal since the very beginning. Obviously because VW owns Audi. But the extent was never really known. Sure the ECU cheats were passed down because VW and Audi share many parts on their cars, but was there more to it than that? Apparently yes as the United […] More
Another day means another Grand Tour teaser, teasing us all for that glorious November 18th release date on Amazon Prime. This time the Boys fashioned a bunch of clips together showing how they are utterly rubbish at predicting how their various experiments and adventures will unfold, which means that we should expect lots of scenes […] More
The Grand Tour has been jet setting all over the world. They’ve been to Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Nashville, Whitby, Rotterdam, and Lapland to hangout with various different crowds to film their live tent session. The in-tent sessions has been described by Jeremy Clarkson as an attempt to be different than the Top Gear static studio […] More
The Grand Tour is almost here and The Boys has another video for you to enjoy! In this one Hammond talks about how Cones are made. And little did we know that it’s all thanks to Melons. We don’t know what that means but we are guessing there’s going to be a lot of melon […] More
It’s a short one, but you can’t help get excited about The Grand Tour’s next teaser trailer. The video summarizes The Grand Tour programming in various metrics, including miles driven (According to Clarkson), cups of coffee consumed and how many cars destroyed. All of those numbers sound a bit unbelievable, but we’ll keep a close […] More
What a cracking good spot by the boys over at Motor 1. We’ve seen a few videos out there of the new Supra testing and this one is better than all of them combined. Why? Because it’s actually cruising along, at speed, and we can hear the engine. In my no way expert opinion, this […] More
The muscle cars of the 1960’s were known for big V8s, fast quarter mile times, and a complete inability to handle. These old school muscle cars that made American performance cars great can now be transformed into a well-rounded sports car with some modern modifications. Transforming 1960’s muscle cars isn’t a new concept but today […] More
Changing engine oil is a critical part of a car’s life and for many car enthusiast it’s another opportunity to bond with their cherished rides. Changing the oil typically involves raising the car on jack stands, draining the old oil, replacing the filter, and refilling with fresh new oil. These steps are fairly straightforward and not […] More
So you brought home your shiny new car, checked your emptied bank account, and now it’s time to drive your new ride. Buying a new car comes with a lot of questions but one of the most disputed aspects of new car ownership is the “Break in Period.” This crucial time period of driving your […] More
Lots of videos are recorded of people going around the Nürburgring. There’s many videos of people going fast, videos of awful crashes, videos of awesome saves, and videos of weird things going around it. We can safely say that this one video is the first of its kind, and it might just start a bad […] More
The accounting department formed a rock band and they’re not turning back. After years of monotonous work its time to let loose and chase excitement. In the world of performance Luxury cars, Lexus is a newcomer and the F performance division is an infant in this world of giants. Striving for brand recognition in the shadows […] More
Formula 1 is considered the pinnacle of motorsport, but there are many, MANY more forms of racing that are more fun to watch. Off the top of my head GT3 and Australian V8 Supercars are the two that I’d pick to be more entertaining. The latter of that just produced possibly the best pass of […] More
It’s always awful to see any type of car accidents where lives were either lost or put at significant risk. Luckily in this event the people involved in the accident only suffered non-life threatening injuries. The same can’t be said about the 2015 Lime Green McLaren 650S Spider, which can easily cross over the $300,000 retail […] More
It seems that every week there’s another recall from a major auto manufacturer. No one is impervious to it. Not even the big 3 in Germany. This time it’s BMW sending out notifications to owners, but it’s a bit more serious in nature than your run of the mill “plastic protector shield needs replacing.” 136,000 […] More
Toyota is not boring. This pretty much just proves it. Say all you want about the topic. I don’t think it to be true anymore. Their commuter cars are boring, sure, but they’re also hugely reliable and when a non-enthusiast wants a car that is going to get them from point A to point B […] More
The Grand Tour is coming in November 18th, which means the Public Relations machine has been going full bore in their attempts to publicize the new and improved version of Top Gear. Admittedly we have also been going full bore and beyond in our attempts to cover the whole gamut of The Grand Tour news. […] More
SEMA is here and the next car to be teased is the Honda Civic Type R. Although it will be the very first Type-R to grace the Land of the Free, it won’t be here until mid year 2017 and wearing a 2018 model year badge. The version being displayed at SEMA is a prototype version […] More
November 18th is almost here and we’re seeing a flurry of The Grand Tour news coming in. The latest one is a video of the Boys trying to explain what the show really is. You can see how bad they’re struggling to say “It’s like Top Gear” but clearly can’t. They’re obviously being very tongue-in-cheek […] More
In America, we simply do not understand small cars, in our world of big V8 muscle cars and three-row SUVs tiny automobiles never caught on. Other parts of the world, love small cars and found their small size and low curb weight made them great performance platforms. One extreme example is the performances Kei cars of […] More
One call. Sometimes that’s all it takes. One call to anyone can ruin a day or cheer them up; break up a relationship or kindle a new one; break a business deal or start something huge. This is the story of the last one. Andy Wilman, the mastermind other than Clarkson, Hammond, or May, that […] More
SEMA is here and we’ll be seeing lots of radical car designs and aftermarket goodies that will either improve or destroy your ride if you’re not careful. Before the show has even started we are already seeing a slew of announcements, like the Mazda Kuro and Speedster concepts that will be gracing the show. But there’s another […] More
The guys at Donut media has been documenting Ryan Tuerck’s and sponsor’s Gumout Performance Additives’ latest build called, the GT4586. If that name sounds ridiculous to you, well that is because this is the most ridiculous build to have ever been bestowed upon a plain old Toyota GT86. These guys ventured to build a Ferrari […] More
The McLaren 650 is McLaren’s flagship model and has been around since 2014. It’s not their halo model, obviously. That distinction belongs to the venerable P1 hypercar. The 650s is the flagship because it was the evolution of the MP4-12C that McLaren developed and brought to market as their first road car since the legendary […] More
Making car commercials has become a complicated affair. Instead of shipping cars and actors to beautiful locations across the globe car companies now rely on computer simulated environments to lure in customers. In the CGI-dominated world, we live in it becomes difficult to distinguish what is real and what is simply coded and built on a […] More
Our friends over at Jalopnik got some seat time in front of our favorite British archetypes, Jeremy Clarkson and James May, when they were in Southern California for the filming of the first U.S. Grand Tour’s tent session. Their own Andrew Collins proceeded to ask them some questions about various things like whether they read […] More
Back in the Summer of 2016, Andy Wilman, The Grand Tour producer, went on an interview at the Edinburgh International Television Festival where he somewhat seriously joked about the thought of The Grand Tour being sued by BBC for being too familiar to Top Gear. Fast forward to now and that concern has not subsided and […] More
Happy days are here again. We just don’t know when those happy days will be happening. When Mazda released the RX Vision concept every single JDM, tuner, and rotary fan collectively got a car boner. The concept itself was staggeringly gorgeous and showed that Mazda’s concept design team really had the chops to compete with […] More
No one likes crashing. If you do, you’re a sadist and you should probably be off the road entirely. If you do like watching crashing, then Nurburgring videos are your ticket to non stop entertainment. Luckily, most of the crash compilations from the ‘ring only show the cars getting dinged up. The people driving these […] More
The RC F represents Lexus’s first performance coupe since the LFA and their first foray into the world of luxury performance coupes. This highly competitive segment puts the RC F in the sights of cars like the M4, ATS-V, and C63 AMG; cars with far more horsepower or performance heritage. As Lexus dives into the deep […] More
There have been rumors of an all wheel drive (AWD), performance focused Dodge Challenger for some time now. It really all came about when the Challenger Hellcat made it’s debut and everyone and their grandmother thought it was awesome that it was rear wheel drive (RWD). “Think of all the smokey, bitchin’ burnouts!” they would […] More
We love the Nissan GT-R around here, we reviewed it a year ago and just very recently and found that it is still the automotive darling it is hyped up to be and so much more. So it’s only natural to see the news clip below and become infuriated at the world and lose trust […] More
The LA Times just released a video interview with The Grand Tour trio and they shared some more details about the upcoming show that’s airing on Amazon Prime starting on November 18th. Interviewer Charles Fleming sits down with the three hosts and asked some insightful questions. For those unable to watch the video below is […] More
Ford has been putting out some incredibly good performance cars the past few years. That’s not a product placement, that’s just a fact. The Mustang GT, Focus RS/ST, Fiesta ST, and Mustang GT350 are all excellent performance buys in their own right. With the coming Ford GT, they’re set to have a lineup that’s hard […] More
Consumer Reports does have a place in automotive culture. It’s much maligned for being biased in it’s reporting due to the consumers have a bad taste in their mouths from a certain experience they may have had 5 years ago with some random car. It’s not a perfect system, but it’s the closest real world […] More
The new Alfa Romeo Giulia is staggeringly gorgeous. This really isn’t up for debate. In my oh so humble and in no way expert opinion, it’s arguably the best looking sedan on the market right now. Well there’s a pretty crazy rumor out there that is saying we could get a wagon version. Enthusiasts’ hearts […] More
The Volkswagen diesel scandal will go down as the worst and most expensive automotive blunder in history. Recently federal judge, Charles Breyer, just approved one of the biggest consumer settlements in U.S. history to the tune of $14.7 billion regarding the Volkswagen and Audi’s 2.0 liter diesel engines. This means that if you own any […] More
Ford Performance was once so kind to extend us an invitation to check out their Shelby GT350 and GT350R Mustangs. Those cars were an amazing take on the normal Mustang GT, which already has an astounding 435 horsepower V8 engine. Now Ford Performance has put on another show with the Mustang, this time it’s with Vaughn Gittin […] More
The 2017 GTR may have a higher sticker price and more ordinary performance, but it’s still an amazing car and an incredible bargain. It’s extremely difficult to stay competitive in the fast-paced world of supercars where every model year brings new advancements. The GTR may not shock the world with its performance anymore but it […] More
Self driving technologies have been around for a couple of years and it’s about time it gets applied to one of the most dangerous professions within the automotive industry: The trucking business. According to an io9 article on why truck driving is one of the deadliest jobs in America, truckers are expected to work a […] More
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA for short) is having their upcoming SEMA Show in Las Vegas on November 1-4. This is the place where the automotive specialty industry comes together each year to showcase their latest and greatest aftermarket products. This is also the time when automakers bring their marquee vehicles and dress them […] More
The next Grand Tour filming location has been set and it’s at Nashville, Tennessee for November 21st, 2016. And the deadline to sign up for these tickets is October 26th, 2016 until 23:59 PDT. So get your butt over to the link below and sign up! In order to sign up you’ll need to head […] More
The new Ford GT has been shrouded in secrecy ever since it’s unveiling at the 2015 North American International Auto Show. It was a mic drop moment. No one even knew it was going to be unveiled and no one outside of Ford knew it was even in the works. That’s the level of secrecy […] More
I do love when car people do things that piss off nearly everyone involved. That’s likely exactly what has happened here as the internet brings us this heretical Fox Body Mustang with a Camaro’s LS1 engine in it. The Smoking Tire’s Matt Farah has been absolutely killing it with his “One Take” series. If you […] More
Again, we must ask, how is this a thing? The Korean automaker released conceptual sketches back in the Summer of 2016 of a mid-engined hot hatch, called RM16. The RM name stands for “Racing Midship,” denoting a race focused mid-engined car. We were dumbfounded but excited about the news as there are so few mid-engine offerings, and none whatsoever […] More
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